Lot 860. A small blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The sides are finely decorated with a continuous scene of mythical beasts perched on rocks below a hawk in flight and surrounded by a tumultuous ocean, all below two baskets of flowers on the neck. 7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) high.

Provenance: George D. Pratt (1869-1935) Collection. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1927.

Note: A very similar scene of beasts perched on rocks surrounded by a tumultuous ocean can be seen on a larger (46 cm.) blue and white rouleau vase dating to the Kangxi period sold at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2139.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza